United Nations University

The United Nations University (UNU) is the academic arm of the United Nations (UN). It
bridges the academic world and the UN system. Its goal is to develop
sustainable solutions for current and future problems of humankind in all
aspects of life. Through a problem-oriented and interdisciplinary approach it
aims at applied research and education on a global scale. UNU was founded in
1973 and is an autonomous organ of the UN General Assembly. The
University comprises headquarters Tokyo, Japan, and more than a dozen Institutes
and Programmes worldwide.

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Internships

The United Nations University (UNU) in Bonn
recruits highly qualified applicants to work as interns at the different
UNU entities in Bonn. Interns are recruited through a competitive
application process through specific vacancy announcements or
unsolicited applications for a minimum period of three months and a
maximum period of six months. Enrolled students or recent graduates
interested in the work of the United Nations and in particular the
United Nations University are encouraged to apply.

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UNU-EHS Internship Programme

The Environmental Vulnerability & Ecosystem Services Section
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EVES explores environmental deterioration processes such as water and land degradation. Particularly, the section looks at remedial measures, resources availability and robustness of ecosystem services, all within the context of socio ecological systems affected by environmental hazards

The WASCAL Project: “West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use”:
WASCAL (West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use) is a large-scale research-focused program initiated to develop effective adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change. Its overall objective is to enhance the resilience of social-ecological systems to the impacts of climate change and increased climate variability. The geographical focus of WASCAL is on selected case study watersheds in West Africa.

WASCAL is based on three principle components: a Competence Center, a core Research Program and a Graduate Research Program. The Core Research Program relates to the scientific activities of the Competence Center, and is implemented by a network of German and West African research institutes. Within the core research program, UNU-EHS will analyze rural households’ vulnerabilities and risks to rapid onset and creeping hazards in the context of climate change and explore potential coping and adaptation strategies. Specifically, UNU-EHS deals with the identification, characterization and quantification of major climate change-related hazards to rural households/communities at different spatial and temporal scales, the assessment of the social-ecological system’s social, environmental and economic vulnerabilities as well as their resilience to multiple climate change-related hazards and consequent cascading effects.

UNU-EHS Internship Programme/EVES/WASCAL

Responsibilities:

Conduct background literature searches in the context of vulnerability and risk assessment,

Search for secondary data from various sources

Compile and edit data

Support the work of the team in spatial (GIS) data processing and analysis

EGECHS/UNU-EHS internship programme

The EGECHS section investigates the teaching – research nexus to enhance the graduate education and research training of the Institute. The section develops open educational resources on vulnerability and risk for sharing with educators, students and self-learners to use, reuse and adapt them in teaching, learning and research. The EGECHS section is a strong propionate of Information Communications Technology (ICT) development and its applications with regard to the use of new media tools and eLearning/open source methods which empower and enable users. The section uses ICT to enhance its project work, facilitate communications between stakeholders, and generate learning materials for tertiary education programmes.
The two-year Joint Master of Science Programme in the Geography of Environmental Risk and Human Security was launched by UNU-EHS and the University of Bonn in October 2013. The Programme educates students in an interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary manner on how to investigate and manage various resources related to environmental hazards by implementing science-based principles and methodologies to disaster risk management.
The Internship Programme of UNU-EHS/ViE in Bonn recruits highly qualified applicants to work as interns at the different UNU-EHS academic sections. Interns are recruited through a competitive application process through specific vacancy announcements or unsolicited applications for a minimum period of three months and a maximum period of six months. Students or recent graduates interested in the work of the United Nations and in particular the United Nations University are encouraged to apply.

The EGECHS section investigates the teaching –
research nexus to enhance the graduate education and research training
of the Institute. The section develops open educational resources on
vulnerability and risk for sharing with educators, students and
self-learners to use, reuse and adapt them in teaching, learning and
research. Information Communications Technologies (ICT) play a key role
in the activity of the section with regard to eLearning/distance
education, open source technologies and new media in context WEB 2.0
technologies to facilitate communication and knowledge sharing, to
enhance project work, and design and deliver learning materials. The
successful candidate will:

Design and develop modules for content/learning management framework;

Support the design and development of a social networking platform;

Support the design and development of mobile applications;

Develop prototypes and evaluate technologies used for the development, based on your previous experience and knowledge in other systems;

UNU-EHS/EGECHS: Multimedia and e-learning internship

The EGECHS section investigates the teaching – research nexus to enhance the graduate education and research training of the Institute. The section develops open educational resources on vulnerability and risk for sharing with educators, students and self-learners to use, reuse and adapt them in teaching, learning and research. Information Communications Technologies (ICT) play a key role in the activity of the section with regard to eLearning/distance education, open source technologies and new media in context WEB 2.0 technologies to facilitate communication and knowledge sharing, to enhance project work, and design and deliver learning materials. The successful candidate will:

Support the development of multimedia content for educational purposes particularly audio-video materials at UNU-EHS;

Support the recording, editing and publishing of conferences, workshops and educational events at UNU-EHS;

Support the introduction and administration of social media for educational purposes at UNU-EHS;

UNW-DPC internship

Under the authority of the Director of UNW-DPC and the supervision of the responsible Programme Officer, the successful candidate shall be entrusted with the following tasks:

Contribute to the maintenance and upgrading of the UN-Water Activity Information System (UNW-AIS);

Gain insight into the breadth of water-related e-learning products and services of the UN system;

Support the UNW-DPC team in various activities, in particular related to the UNW-DPC website, event and activity management, updating activity/participant databases and preparing input into reports and publications.